Saturday, 2 June 2012

Hello its me :)

Hi all,just a quick update,not having a very good crafty time at moment but hope to change it tomorrow with a crafting day at my house for some of my lovely buddies :)
First son took over my craft room whilst he decorated and then my mum came for a visit (which was lovely) but no crafting and just as i get some time to craft and wanted to print off some digis my internet crashed on monday and didnt come back up til late thursday so the old mojo has disappeared.
So apologies for not visiting your blogs and for missing woyww (gutted on that one!) but i am on hols for a week now so will be catching up with you all.
Hope you are all enjoying this lovely weather and have a special jubilee with your family,
Kay,x

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

WOYWW and a lot of butterflies!

Hi all,well you will be pleased to see that i have my craft room back re last weeks post. He finished decorating and put his room back late thursday night just in time for my mum to visit for a long weekend! so i have been getting severe crafting withdrawals but have rectified that now. So i am guessing you have come here via Julia's blog or should i say her world tour of desks so here is mine.

So on my desk today you can see the start of a birthday card for a docraft buddy using my new memory box poppy die and stampinup bird punch and butterfly embosslit. Distress ink chart as was matching up colour to go with card stock, circle punch,scrap card,tweezer scissors,pokey tool,laptop(watching greys anatomy) stampin up tag punch (new),box of gems in front of inkpads and my normal desk stuff.
My lovely mum also brought down for me my new storage trolley for 12 x 12 papers and card that was on offer at costco as dont have one up here.
And lastly this is the finished card,think i went a bit overboard with the butterflies as couldnt decide which ones i wanted to use..........lol

Well off to look at some blogs before work and will catch up with you all later,thanks for visiting me,x

Wednesday, 16 May 2012

WOYWW and its nothing much!

Well i um'd and ar'd wether to join in today over at the Stamping Ground where Julia hosts this amazing desk blog hop and as you can tell from my desk shot its all clear! only thing on there is my new charity shop bargain,the plate holder which i have used to lift up my distress inks and have some storage space underneath. You might just see in the rub boxes some card candy & stampboard,woooden box to hold my charms and a red tray to hold dst,glamour dust,glossy accents and a broken dolls house table waiting to be fixed (have already fixed it once!) and my fab ottlite
And the reason for the lack of crafting and my mojo is this

and why you might ask? Well my youngest son decided that he wanted to decorate his room on sunday and hes still doing it now! so my beloved craft room has become a dumping ground and being a very tidy and organised person (ok i am rather ocd) just cant relax and craft in there. Only thing i have done since sunday is finish this and it was a case of run in and run out again......lol
Anyway knew i would miss joining in so hope you can excuse the lack of crafting and i hope to be hopping your way soon,x

Tuesday, 15 May 2012

Magnetic post it holder from Bristol meet

Hi all,hope you are all well in blogland,had a fab time at the Bristol craft meet on sunday,lots of laughter, good company and shock,horror even some crafting......lol
Well i hadnt managed to finish mine there,think it was too much talking :) and only just finished it now amid lots of noise,music and chaos as youngest son painting his room so my crafting is on hold!

Ingredients used

Card for base and layering from stash
papermania boofle papers
gathered twigs distress ink
martha stewart around the page punches
cross stitch tilda coloured with promarkers & paper pieced
martha stewart lace flowers
kort & godt pearls
stampin up background stamp
eyelets and pencil from stash
magnetic sheet on back

The instructions for this were from a tilda magnolia magazine,sorry dont know which one but was easy to make. Off to do some blogging and then the joyous washing up!
Thanks for taking the time to visit me,x

Saturday, 12 May 2012

Altered jigsaw and new goodies

Hi all,can finally post this now as the birthday girl has gone to bed and will be opening it in the morning......lol
Well this was fun to make and it started out as a picture of a pig!
Used the papermani portabello road papers and multi medium to adhere to the puzzle pieces and cut around with a craft knife and then filed off any edges and inked up around and glued into base

Then i used the papermania urban stamps to decorate and embellishments from my stash
I also added fixings and used a pearl string so it can be hung up but forgot to take a photo.....doh. Must admit was tempted to keep this but know its going to a good home :)
And finally some pics of goodies i acquired today when we went to plymouth to see middle son,raided the craft shop,market and charity shops.

the ribbon just called me..........lol
isnt that die set so cute
fab for mens cards
just waiting to be altered!
 Hope all these pictures havent put you to sleep.....lol
Off to the bristol craft meet tomorrow and am too excited to sleep so off to do some blog hopping,thanks for visiting me,x

Wednesday, 9 May 2012

WOYWW and a summery card to make up for the rain!!

Hello everyone and funny enough its wednesday again,could have sworn we have had a wednesday last week.....lol. Anyway you have not come to hear me ramble but to nose peep at my desk which compared to some i see on my blog travels is quite tame if i am honest  but i love seeing everyone elses desks :)
Its a bit like I Spy this desk watching,took these photos last night during my card making session and you can see my beloved promarkers (got the new summer colours and they are lush),my coloured image,embellishments,my fave ek success butterfly punch and a ms punch,my tool caddy,saturated canary coloured image,cherry lynn fanciful flourish die cut coloured with promarker,and in the pink boxes on the left are stamped images ready for colouring and on the floor you can just see my hougie and martha stewart boards and some grunge paper.
And this is the finished card,didnt like the edging with the ms punch so chopped it off.......lol
Now if you fancy going for a meander around some more desks just pop on over to Julia at Stamping Ground but be warned its never a quick visit.
Thanks to everyone who visits me i will be coming to see you but i do find it a struggle during work time to leave a comment on all the desks so at the moment i visit everyone who leaves a comment,everyone who has the same numbers as me ie if i am 38 on the list i leave a comment on everyone with a 3 or 8 in and then i try and visit some more.Roll on the holidays and then i can comment on all :)
And finally this is my desk this morning,ready for action. Have a great wednesday,x

Monday, 7 May 2012

Oh la la.................................

Hi all,hope you are all up to something crafty today,i have done my stuff for work and those dreaded housework chores and now its play time. Made this for my cousins birthday at the weekend,we were going to all meet up at Longleat but due to the bad weather forecast has been postponed til next month so shall have to get this in the post asap.
Ingredients for card
Donated image coloured with promarkers
oval nesties
Paper, pearls,gem and glamour dust from stash
Ribbon - Aldi special
Stamped greeting - no name/make on stamp
Am loving the ribbon which was a bargain from Aldis,got another colour way too but should have picked up more! Rather saucy image but she will love it. Enjoy the rest of this bank holiday monday,i am off to make something else and enter this into the Cupcakes challenge which has the theme of 'Oh la la'.x